Oh yes. The trade benefits. Because it's a well-known fact that the markets of the world will ignore silly trifles like price and quality, and buy any old tat if Prince Andrew can leave the sex-trafficked jailbait alone long enough to grudgingly shake their hands. They are but childlike simpletons, the foreigners.
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Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny View PostTo put it in context, has any tourist, ever, gone "While Egypt's rich historical and cultural trappings are indeed impressive, the fact remains that those pyramids just aren't the same without Pharaohs around any more. Let's go to Denmark instead!"?Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La Rochefoucauld
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We spend hundreds of years building up, as a nation, a reputation for innovation, invention and rational thought, and it all gets pissed up the wall every time monarchists decide to spread their opinions like herpes.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil Finland
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Prince Andrew came to Korea as a trade emissary. He asked the British ambassador how much time he spent on trade? The Ambassador gave a standard reply. Prince Andrew said that wasn't good enough. He should spend practically all his time on trade - never mind North Korea, the nuclear issue or anything else that HRH Andrew didn't care about.
The British Ambassador, who was a very decent and able fellow, did not get his expected knighthood when he finished his posting and quietly retired.Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
Look, I just don't anymore, okay?
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Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny View PostTo put it in context, has any tourist, ever, gone "While Egypt's rich historical and cultural trappings are indeed impressive, the fact remains that those pyramids just aren't the same without Pharaohs around any more. Let's go to Denmark instead!"?
Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny View PostOh yes. The trade benefits. Because it's a well-known fact that the markets of the world will ignore silly trifles like price and quality, and buy any old tat if Prince Andrew can leave the sex-trafficked jailbait alone long enough to grudgingly shake their hands. They are but childlike simpletons, the foreigners.
Do you guys ever actually listen to yourselves?
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Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny View PostWe spend hundreds of years building up, as a nation, a reputation for innovation, invention and rational thought, and it all gets pissed up the wall every time monarchists decide to spread their opinions like herpes.
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Originally posted by kentonio View PostOf course no countries, especially those in the middle east run by dynastic monarchies of their own would be influenced by friendships and ties stretching back over decades or centuries. Meanwhile no politician would ever be influenced by the presence of the world's most famous monarch, and the ceremony and glitz that surrounds her.
Have you ever been to the Middle East? I have. It's full to the brim with Porsches, Ferraris, Mercedes-Benz and Masaratis, with nary a German or Italian royal in sight.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil Finland
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The trade role is controversial - her majesty spruiks for British manufactures but not Australian wool or Canadian lumber or New Zealand dairy.
On occasion the royals have actively worked against the trade or other interests of countries where they are nominally head of state and supposed to stay out of politics, an example would be Olympic venue bids.Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
Look, I just don't anymore, okay?
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Originally posted by kentonio View PostThat's right, because freedom of thought is only permitted when certain progressives deem it to be so, otherwise any discussion about certain subjects is to be ridiculed and deemed verbotten. It's amazing how much like a fascist you sound sometimes.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil Finland
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kentonio, do you just overreact whenever people badmouth the British monarchy, or do you legitimately think it's a good idea for your country to still have a queen in ****ing 2015?Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La Rochefoucauld
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Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny View PostYou have every right to hold your opinions and express them, and I have every right to despair at them. Note the absence of jackboots outside your door? Climb down from your Maiden Aunt histrionics.
Ah **** it, I've got better things to do.
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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse View PostPrince Philip, a life of service - and gaffes
If I had to quietly follow my wife around for 60 years I'd be grumpy tooIf there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Originally posted by kentonio View PostI support the monarchy for a range of reasons, the vast majority of which are completely pragmatic.
The kind of pragmatism that considers democratic representation and accountability to be unnecessary fripperies. We've been down this road before.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil Finland
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Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny View PostThe kind of pragmatism that considers democratic representation and accountability to be unnecessary fripperies. We've been down this road before.
Answer me this, if a non-democratic system could offer you a more equal, fair and just society, would you still insist on a democratic one?
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